Miracle Fat Burners

Can supplements shave off pounds?

miracle fat burners

Back in the 1990s a metabolism boosting herb Ephedra sinensis, also called Mormon Tea or Ma Huang, was the “fat burn miracle” ingredient. But while its weight loss popularity grew more by word of mouth and advertising exaggeration than scientific authority, its effects on heart rate and blood pressure were such that it amped up adrenaline with a drug-like effect and its use became notorious when certain dietary supplements with it led to deaths.

Mormon tea contains ephedra, the same active substance used in some asthma drugs and, although a traditional medicinal, was subject to abuse, thus the herb’s commercial availability was limited (though it is making a comeback and used in lean muscle building stacks with aspirin, caffeine and white willow bark).

Fortunately, ephedra and caffeine pills have been replaced by a number of milder and presumably safer herbs, which also happen to be recommended by fitness trainer Naomi Priestley who cites these plant-based weight-loss aids to help muscles recover quickly and burn fat for her students at the The Sweat Shoppe Heated Indoor Cycling in Los Angeles. “It’s important to eat right and exercise but adding a supplement is a way to accelerate results for clean energy, focus and endurance to boost metabolism and burn calories,” she tells HealthyLivinG.

Naomi’s choices are based on their potential to counteract obesity and are frequently combined together and sold as “fat burners.”

“In addition, yerba maté modulates the expression of genes that are changed in the obese state and restores them to more normal levels of expression. In doing so, it addresses several of the abnormal and disease-causing factors associated with obesity. Protective and ameliorative effects on insulin resistance were also observed. Thus, as a general conclusion, it seems that yerba maté beverages and supplements might be helpful in the battle against obesity.”

To investigate the effect of Panax ginseng on weight loss and the body’s population of friendly weight-loss causing bacteria, 10 overweight and middle-aged Korean women took extracts for 8 weeks, followed by assessment of body composition parameters, metabolic biomarkers and gut microbiota composition. “Significant changes were observed in body weight and body mass index… slight changes were observed in gut microbiota.”

Guarana

Guarana (Paullinia cupana), originating in Brazil, was once thought to be simply an herbal jitter bug that made people jumpy with its caffeine content, but scientific investigation shows it influences genes related to fat formation. “An up-regulation of the anti-adipogenic genes Wnt10b, Wnt3a, Wnt1, Gata3 and Dlk1 and a down-regulation of pro-adipogenic genes Cebpα, Pparγ and Creb1 were… observed.”

Citrus aurantium and Rhodiola Rosea

Extracts from the immature fruit of Citrus aurantium tend to be some of the stronger of the new plant-based fat burners. In this study, they were combined with Rhodiola rosea, which has notable antistress properties. In an experimental study, C aurantium + R rosea produced a stunning “30% decrease in visceral fat weight compared with the other treatments. Only the C aurantium group had an increased heart rate (+7%). C aurantium + R rosea resulted in an elevation of weight-loss hormones including 15% increases in norepinephrine and 150% increase in frontal cortex dopamine compared with another group. “These initial findings suggest that treatments of C aurantium + R rosea have actions on central monoamine pathways and have the potential to be beneficial for the treatment of obesity.”

Although you can find these ingredients individually, supplement makers combine them into fat burning formulas. They definitely aren’t a miracle solution but they can enhance our efforts at weight loss.

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